I was irrevocably betrothed to laughter, the sound of which has always seemed to me the most civilised music in the world.

Acting on television is like being asked by the captain to entertain the passengers while the ship goes down.

Sometimes I wish I could just fall in love. Then, at least you know who your opponent is.

It is youth that has discovered love as a weapon.

I believe that the Jews have made a contribution to the human condition out of all proportion to their numbers: I believe them to be an immense people. Not only have they supplied the world with two leaders of the stature of Jesus Christ and Karl Marx, but they have even indulged in the luxury of following neither one nor the other.

Once we are destined to live out our lives in the prison of our mind, our duty is to furnish it well.

The habit of religion is oppressive, an easy way out of thought.